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F. KAPPLER June 24, 1930.

MATCH Fil'ed Sept. 19, 1928 2 heets-Sh et 1- In yen for 00cm l f 1 F. KAPPLER June 24, 1930.

MATCH Filed Sept. 19, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented June 24,1939

1 gran ee srarss Parser stares FELIX KAPPLER, or Die-Essen, GERMANY MA'TOE Application filed September 19,1928. I Serial No. 369393.

This invention relates to a process for making matches of rectangular form from strips of pasteboar'd, the breadth of which corresponds to the length of the matches, in which the strips of pasteboard are cut out into the form of teeth along both longitudinal edges, and the breadth of these rectangular notches, as wellas the breadth of the gaps located between each two adqacent reclU tangnlar teeth, correspond to the breadth of the matches, and in which, moreover, oppoe site to each'tooth on one edge of a strip of pasteboard the'reis a gap on the other edge, so that when the strips are subsequently divided'by cuts extending at right angles to the length of the strip,=at distances which corrcsp'ondto the breadth of a tooth, individual matches are produced, the )heads of which are turned alternately .to the left and to the right of the-length of the strip.

trips of the aforementioned kind for the .manufacture of matches are in then selves known. 1 v

The noveltyv of the present invention consists in the fact that" thestrips toothed on bOthsides are manufactured fromv a broad strip several times aswide as the toothed strips 'by simultaneous subdivision of the broad strip into a plurality'of unit strips extending parallel to one another side by side and engaging in one another-by their teeth without waste along the adjacent lines of separation, whereupon these unit strips stilladvancing andinterengaging in one another in the position obtained in the subdivision of the broad strip, are first fed to a paraflinin'g. position," at which they are saturated with liquid paratiin, thereupon mow ing further they pass to several positions at which the separation of the individual strips proceeds by releasing their mutual tooth engagement, eachflunit strip being transferred into a direction or". movement which is altered in relation to the directionof the adjacent-unit strip, so that finally "each individualstrip advances independently of the others and each passes to a position atwhich all its teeth are equipped with ignition material, whereupon, after the, drying of. the latter at furth r. position;

has to pass, and

parafiin, whereupon it 1')asses through a rollers 4. i

the individual strips are subdivided into in dividu'al matches.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figl shows a plan of the strip of mate rial, which is first subdivided-bycutsinto a plurallty of narrower strips, three in the present case, with serratiohs along both longitudinaledges, theteeth oione edge en gaging in the gaps between the teeth of an" adjacent strip, and the 'projectingstick ends 604 being subsequently equipped, with match heads, after whichthe subdivision of the strips into separate matches is effected, V

Figure 2 shows in side elevation the arrang'ement" and connection of the individual 6 maehines'throu h which the strip of mate rial has to travel. from the roll right-to the complete drying of the match heads,

Fig. 3 shows diagrammatically in perspective the course of thestrips of material 79 when travelling through the inac'hinefiwhicli provides the projecting ends o'f the m'atch sticks with ignition material-,- j

Fi 4 shows in cross sectionaportion of r g V the crying device through which the strip 757? FigsLS'and 6 show in cross section and'ina pla respectively Various constructional de- The b'and of'material' 1' unwinding. from seirthe r0112 first traverses, on a machine a I printing press 3 of any desiredkno'wn con struction, in which it is provided with suitable inscriptions, such as advertising matter I for example; The band of material then passes through a preferably heatedpai'r' of feed rollers 4, aparaiiining device, "not fer-m ing part of the present invention, consisting of two rollers 5, of which the lower one dips into a vessel 6 containing liquid al-ream the band of material being saturated with V pair of feed rollers z corresponding to the The band nowpasses intoa stamping ma- 5'" chine B. This may again be of known cone struction- It preferably corresponds in its various details'to the machine illustrated in German Patent Specification N0." 461,737,

The feeding of the band of material in 10g the stamping machine B proceeds stepwise,

this being made possible by a ratchet and pawl gear 8, 9, whichisconnected by aconnecting rod and a crank 11 with a flywheel shaft 12, which,through the medium of lifting rods 13 alternately raises and lowers a. tool holder 14. In the stamping serrated on both edges,and then forms a machine and strip of material is divided by suitably designed tools into a plurality of strips 1*, l 1 and'so forth (see Fig.1),

loop 1 and passes stepwise to a pair of feed rollers '15 on a machine C. On the machine and 21, 21

C there takes place the application of ignition material 1 to the projecting ends of the match sticks on both-sides of all the bands formed by subdividing the original band of material 1 into narrower strips 1 11, 1 and so forth.

- For this purpose "there are provided upon the machine C vessels 16, 17 and 18 arranged opposite to one another in pairs on both sidesof the edges of each of the serrated strips P 1 1 and so forth, and these vessels contain a pasty mass of ignition material into which there dips the lower peripheral portion of pairs of discs 19, 19, 2Q, 20, V The discs 19,19, 20, 20" and'21, 21? arranged in pairs with their associated shafts and revolving at the same velocity are arranged at different-positions on' the machine C butat the same level, and touch the. ends of the match sticks with their central peripheral portions projecting out of reach of the associated vessels, at a depth which correspondsto the height of the match heads to be produced thereon. Uponthis contact taking place, the ends of the match sticks which bend somewhat towards the side 7 121 1, lieflat agalnst the PBIIPllQlELh portion of the d scs wh ch come lllllOiCOIltQtCli out of, the plane of the advancing strips with them, and which in their 'turn'deliver to the ends of the match sticks the ignition mater al carried by them, so that match heads are producediupon the said ends.- The contact of thejendsof the match-sticks with the discs mustgtake place in succession-in such a wayathat the left-hand randrights 50 hand faces ofthe ends ofthe match-sticks are smeared with, ignition ,material" alter- 'nately. This is effected, as shownmore particularly in Figu2, by thefact that the strips 7 move first in the direction of the transverse line connecting the right-hand lower edge fwith theleft-hand upper edge ofthe breadth [of the strip past the periphery of the strips,"

-w 'hereupon-"the strips pass over guiding rollers 23. and 24, and then in an oblique direction ascendin from left to right over a .7

rollers 15, runs over guide rollers 27 and 28,

at first ascending obliquely fronr right to left past the disc 20, over guide rollers 29 y and 30, and then ascending obliquely from left to right past the disc 20 and over the guide rollers 31 to the pair of feed rollers 26 and from there to the drying apparatus D. a The strip 1, after passing thepair of feed rollers 15, and the guide roller 27, passes over guide rollers 32 and 33, ascends obliquely from right to left and passes over rollers 34 and35, andthen ascendsoblique-a ly from left to right and passes over a guide roller 36 to the pair of feed rollers 26 and from there, to the drying apparatusiDr With the introduction of thevstrips 1 1 and 1 into the pair of feed rollers 15, three armouring strips 87, 38'and 39' run in an upward direction over a guiding roller 40,

and,jcoming in a downward direction over a guiding roller 41, three supplementary ,ar-

mouring strips 42, 43 and 44, all of which run between the feed rollers 15. The strips 39 and 42' place themselves upon the strip 1 from below and from above respectively, the strips 38 and 43 upon the strip"1 ,'and

the strips 37 and '44 upon the strip 1?, and. I

then move oil-holding these strips'b'etween them in the manner already described, right to the exit pointrformed by" the pair of rollers 26. vAt this exit'point the'bands 42,

43 and 44 -runf away over the. upper roller 15 and past a tensioning roller 45 and over a guide roller 41- downwardsfand the armouring strips37, 38 and '89'run'over tensioning rollers 46 and 47" downwards, until both pairs of all the armouring bands reassemble at the introduction oint 15. The'tensioning rollers 45,146 and 4 by means of an adjust-' able displacement, provide for; the strips of material-1, 1 and 1 to remain nipped by thelarrnouring' bands throughout their entire paths ofmov ement and-contact,so that all the resistances'tomovement are taken up'by' r y the armouring bands and con-ipensated for in their tensile stresses.- V r s V The 'armouring bands are" narrower than the strips of material 1, 1 and". 19. They only cover the stripsof material to 'afbreadth which leaves the serration' of-the str'ips of material completely free. In order,.n1ore% over to guard against a transverse displace which engage in grooves 15 and 26" turned n the inlet, andj outlet-rollers. and in-the ment of the armouring strips in rclationto v a serpentine course, until they leave it near L the bottom of the side wall opposite to the guiding and tensioning rOllerspr Vided for the armouring bands.

The drying apparatus D consists of a casing 50, in the interior of which, near the I .side walls, are rotatably' supported superposed guiding rollers 51 and 52. Round each pair of guiding rollers 51 and'52 passes 'an endless armouring band 53, the number of armouring bands correspondlng to the a number of strips of material "1, 1 and 1,

and the breadth of each armouring band being such as to leave tree the serrations on the strips of material. These armouring bands, like the armouring bands 37, 38 and 89, 42, 43 and 44 already described, have projections or pins 54 projecting inward here and there, which engage in annular grooves and 51 in the guiding rollers, and thus prevent a transverse displacement of the bands. In grooves 55 'or ledges on the walls of-the casing, rotatable tensioning rollers 56, 57 can be adjusted and secured in position, and these in their turn are provided with annular. grooves 56, 57 for engagement with the projectionsor pins 54 on the armouring bands 53, thus rendering it possible to tension the opposite elements of two adjacent armouring bands advancing in the same direction in such a manner that the strips of material 1 1 and 1? advancing between them at the same velocity remain firmly nipped. V i

The introduction of the strips of material 51*. 1 and 1 into the drying apparatus D is eiiected at the point 58 of the casing entrance side, and are led to a punching machine, where they are cut up into separate matches.

The drying chamber 50 may for example be electrically heated, and is moreover provided with ventilating devices, which convey the vapours that arise into the open air.

lVhat I claim is 1. A process for the manufacture of matches of rectangular form from strips of pasteboard and the like from the breadth of which is a multiple of thelength of the matches to be made, comprising dividing the V broad strip into unit strips the breadth of which is substantially equal to the length of the matches to be made, the. dividing lines being n'the form ofrows of rectangu-" lar teeth with rectangular gaps between them, the breadth of each tooth and the breadth of each gap being equal to the breadth of the individual matches to be -made, the teeth and gaps along-the edge of one unit-strip meshing with the gaps and teeth alongthe edge of the ad3acent unit strip so that no material goes to waste, and

the teeth and gaps along one edge of each unitstrip being opposite to gaps and teeth respectively along the other edge of the same unit strip, saturating. the broad strip with liquid paraiiin, separating the vunit strips from one another along the lines of interengaging teeth, applying ignition ma terial to the projecting teeth along both edges of each unit strip, drying the ignition material, and dividing up the unitstrips by transverse cuts at distances equal to the breadth of a toothlto obtain individual matches with their heads projecting to the right and left alternately;

2. 1L process tor the manufacture of:

matches of rectangular form from strips ot -pasteboard and the like, the breadth of which'is a multiplexer the length of the matches to be made, comprising dividing the broad strip into unit'strips the breadth of which'is substantially equal to the length of the matches to be made, the dividing lines b'eingin the formiof rows of rectangular" teeth with rectangular gaps between thennthe breadthqof each tooth and the breadth" o'leach gap being.- equalto. the

breadth of the 1 individual matches to be made, tlie teeth and :gaps along the edge of oneunit strip meshing withthe gaps and teeth along the edge of the. adjacent unit strip so that no material goes to waste, and the teeth and gaps along oneedge of each unit strip being opposite to gaps-and'teeth respectively along the outer edge" of the same unit strip, saturating'the broad strip with liquid parafiin,zguiding each unit strip between two endless armourmg bands consisting of flexible material of ample tensile strength such as steel, which 'covercub'oth" its V surfaces iorabout' the-breadth of-the 'un toothed centralportion' of the strip and ad-, vance with thestrip at the same speed,

changing the directi'onot motion of; the unit vstrips; relatively toone anotherand thereby: separating the unit. SilllPSi'flOlTYOllB another, along the lines.ofinterengagin-g teeth, ap-I plying ignition material to the'projectin'gteeth along both edges of each unitstrip,

drying the ignition material, and dividing up the unit strips by transverse cuts at distancesequal toxthe breadth ofa tooth to obtain individualrmatches with their heads projecting to the right and-left alternately.

'0. ri-iprocess for the manufacture oi" matches otrecta ngular form firm strips of I pasteboard and the like the breadthof which is a multiple of the length of the matches to be made, comprising dividing thebroad strip'into' unit strips the breadth of-whichis substantially equal to the length cent unitstrip sothat no material goes to waste, andvthe teeth and gaps along one: edge of each'unit strip being opposite to gaps and teethrespectively along the other edge of the $511116 unit strip, saturating the broad strip with liquid paraflin, guiding each unit strip between two endless armouring bands consisting of flexible material of ample tensile strength such as steel, which cover both its surfacesfor about'the breadth I of the untoothed central portion of the strip and advance with the. strip at the same speed,- guiding the endless armouring bands round'guiding rollers arranged opposite to 7 one another in pairs at the point where the arinouring bands first come into contaotwwith V the strips and at the point where thear-i inouring bands pass out of Contact with the and gaps along the cdgeof one unit strip meshing with the gaps and teeth along the edge of the adjacent unitstrip so that no' I material goes to waste, and the teeth and gaps along one edgeof each vunit strip be other along the lines ofinterengaging teeth, a carrying each unit strip past two discs, one in contact with each toothed edge, carrying each unitstrip past two further discs at aj different angle, one ii 'contact with each toothed edge, applying ignition material in ignition material, and dividing up the, unit strips by transverse cuts at distances equal to the breadth of a tooth to obtain individual matches with their heads the right and left alternately.

projecting to ing opposite togaps and teeth respectively; along the otheredge of-thesaineunit strip, saturating the broad strip with liquid par aifin,separating the unit stripsfrom one an} so 7 paste formto the peripheries of the; discs, I for transfer to the toothed edges, drying the .In testimony whereof ,I have signed name to this specification. I v I V FEL X KAPP-LEI. a

strips, the said guiding rollers bearing; firml enou 'h a ainst the armourin -bands to a: l 1 b cause the said arnioui'ing bands to nip the' unit strips,"changing the direction of motion of theunit strips relatively to one another and thereby, separating the unit'strips 7 from one another along the lines of interi 40 V. r to the. projecting teeth along both edgesoi engaging teeth, applying ignition material each unitstrip, drying theignit ion material, a1id dividinglup' theunit strips by transverse cuts'at-di'stances equal to the breadth of a toothsto obtain individual matches with 1 their heads projecting to the right andleft alternately.

aseprocess forxthe manufacture of matches as claimedin' claim 15, further'coim' prising positively preventing the arinouring bands from slipping transversely tothedirection of motion of thestrips.

'5; A" process for' the. w nanu-factura of matches of rectangular form from strips of pasteboardnand' the like the breadth of 1 V which a multiple, of the length of theniatchesjtobe made, comprising dividing i the broad strip into unit stripstl ebreadth of whichis substantially equal to the length of the matches to be inade,the dividing lines 7 being in theforinof rows of" rectangular teeth with rectangular gaps between them,

the breadth of each tooth and the breadth ot each gap being equal to the breadth ofthe ndividual Lm'atchcs to be made, the teeth, 

